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Legislators down in Springfield have passed a bill to give Illinois babies a $50 deposit for future college expenses.

With the exception being mortgages, student loans make up the largest component of household debt for Americans. And our collective debt keeps growing.

USA Today released a list of the top community colleges in Illinois and one of them is less than 30 minutes away.

Here's your chance to take a course in bread, zombies or circus.

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois will stop giving the ACT college entrance exam and instead start giving high school juniors the rival SAT.
The Chicago Tribune reports the company that offers the ACT has filed a protest with the state seeking to cancel Illinois' contract with the College Board, whi…

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network
For Trisha Rodriquez of Belvidere, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is her “dream school.”
“It's such a huge school, and there are so many opportunities that I don't really get where I'm from,” said the first-generation college student, a sophomore maj…

So, your son went off to college well over a month ago, and you haven't gotten a single phone call from him. What's a mom to do? My mom would probably have shown up at my dorm room with a wooden spoon in her hand. Assuming I lived to tell the tale, I would have gotten the message loud and …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House has rejected legislation that would cap the size of severance packages community colleges can offer to departing administrators.
It also would have limited standard contracts to four years and required public notice and approval of any new, amended or…

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Northern Illinois University is offering a course this semester on the HBO series "Game of Thrones."
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Here's an opportunity for one worthy high school senior to make college just a bit more affordable.
The Junior League of Rockford is accepting applications for the organization's 2015 Outstanding Volunteer Community Service Scholarship
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